Joseph jeannotte



(No Model.) 2 'sheets-sheet 2 J JEANNOTTE HAMB TUG ATTACHMENT.

No. 545,588. Patented Sept. 3,1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH JEANNOTTE, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPHGEOFFROY AND JOSEPH A. BRULE, TRUSTEES, OF SAME PLACE.

HAM E-TUG ATTAC HM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 545,588, datedSeptember 3, 1895.

Application filed .Tune 7, 1895. Serial No. 552,044. (No model.)

.State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hame-Tug Attachments, of which the following is aspeciicaton.

My invention relates to a haine-tug attachment or a device for attachingthe tug to the hanne of a harness; and the object of my invention is toprovide a device'of the above description which shall be of very simpleconstruction and very cheap and durable, and which can be attached toany haine of ordinary construction and receive the forward end of thetug, which will be secured thereto and will have a swivel or oscillatingmotion in a vertical plane. Y.

My invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction of myhame-tug attachment, as will be hereinafter fully described, and thenature thereof indicated by the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my hame-tugattachment.v

A portion of the hame, collar, and tug is shown in broken lines. Fig. 2is a cross-section on line 2 2, Fig. l, looking in the direction ofarrow a, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows the attachingplate without the tug-loop. Aportion of the plate is broken away. Fig. 4 shows the tugloop detached.

In the accompanying drawingsIhaveshown by broken lines in Figs. l and 2a portion of the collar l and a portion of the hame 2, with which mytug-attachment is combined. Said attachment consists of a metal plate 3,preferably made of sheet metal and of the shape shown, having therearward portion 3 curved in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 2, to t ont'he swell of the collar and protect the same from any rubbing or wearof the tug, and the forward dat portion 3, extending at an angle to thecurved portion 3, to fit on the hanne, to which it is secured by screws(not shown) eX- tending through holes 4 in the portion 3".

Extending forwardly from the fiat portion 3 of the plate 3 is a portion3', which is bent rearwardly and extends substantially parallel to themiddle portion of the plate 3, as shown in Fig. 2. Located between themain portion of the plate 3 and the rearwardly-extending portion 3 is ablock 5, which is preferably of circular shape and made separate fromthe plate 3 and secured thereto by rivets 5, as shown in Fig. The block5 is of reduced diameter at its upper end to form a boss 5.

The tug-loop-t is preferably made of the shape shown in Fig. 4, havingthe opening 6 therein, which is adapted to fit loosely on the boss 5',as shown in Fig. 2, and the rearwardlyextending arms 6, provided withopenings in their outer ends, in which is secured the bolt 7, in thisinstance by'a nut 8. On the bolt 7 is loosely mounted a sleeve 9,adapted to receive the inner end of the tug l0, as shown by brokenlines, Fig. 2. The tug-loop is held in place on the boss 5', to swivelor turn freely thereon in a vertical plane, by a rivet 11, which extendsthrough the plate 3, the block 5, and the rearwardly-extending portion 3of theplate 3, as shown in Fig. 2.

From the above description, in connection with the drawings, theoperation of my hametug attachment will be readily understood bythoseskilled in the art, and the advantages of the same will be readily`appreciated.

It is of very simple construction, and may be quickly and easilyattached to the hame or detached therefrom, and by means of therearwardly-extending portion 3 of the plate 3, which bears upon thecollar, the collar is protected from any wear of the tug.

The tug-loop 6 is so combined with the block 5 on the plate 3 that saidloop is free to turn or swivel in a vertical plane and there is nopossibility of its binding, no matter how great the strain on the tug,and the boss 5 furnishes a large bearing-surface for the tug- ,loop 6,so that there will be little or no wear of the same.

. It will be understood that the details of construction of some of theparts of my hanne-tug attachment may be varied, if desired, and theshape of the plate 3 may be varied, if desired. Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In a 'name tug attachment, the combination with a plate, having the rearportion curved in cross section, and the front portion IOO flat, andextending atan angle to tlle curved adapted to fit on said boss, to givea swivel portion, and a rearwardly extending portion motion to saidloop, substantially as set forth. substantially parallel to the mainportion of the plate, and a block, with a circular boss, J. J EANNOTTE.5 secured on said plate, intermediate the main Witnesses: portion andthe rearwardly extending por- J. C. DEWEY,

tion, of a tug loop having an opening therein M. J. GALVIN.

